[tip:core/rcu] rcu: Awaken grace-period kthread when stalled

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Commit-ID:  86057b80ae31d37fcbdb5f57d15aaf1148c69f96
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/86057b80ae31d37fcbdb5f57d15aaf1148c69f96
Author:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 08:48:36 -0800
Committer:  Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 13:34:49 -0700

rcu: Awaken grace-period kthread when stalled

Recent kernels can fail to awaken the grace-period kthread for
quiescent-state forcing.  This commit is a crude hack that does
a wakeup any time a stall is detected.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 531a328..a327a25 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1224,8 +1224,10 @@ static void rcu_check_gp_kthread_starvation(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 		       rsp->gp_flags,
 		       gp_state_getname(rsp->gp_state), rsp->gp_state,
 		       rsp->gp_kthread ? rsp->gp_kthread->state : ~0);
-		if (rsp->gp_kthread)
+		if (rsp->gp_kthread) {
 			sched_show_task(rsp->gp_kthread);
+			wake_up_process(rsp->gp_kthread);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
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